Transport and Logistics survey

1.	Can you please provide us with the following information?
	Name of Company or Organisation
	Your Name and Position
	Your email address
	Full postcode of the site that you intend to base your responses on
	Location of your Head Office

Approximately, what is the annual sales turnover of your business at Q1.d?

Less than £0.25 million

£0.25 - £0.5 million

£0.5 - £1 million

£1 - £5 million

£5 - £10 million

More than £10 million

Unknown

4.	Approximately, how many people (full and part time) do you employ at Q1.d?
	Number of full time staff
	Number of part time staff

5.	Approximately, what proportion of your staff (full and part time) at Q1.d are in each of the following categories? (Check one answer per row)
5.		0-25%	26-50%	51-75%	76-100%
	Professional
	Managerial
	Skilled (non-manual)
	Skilled (manual)
	Semi-skilled
	Unskilled

6.	Approximately, how far do your employees live from Q1.d? (Check one answer per row)
6.		0-25%	26-50%	51-75%	76-100%
	Less than 2 miles
	3-6 miles
	7-10 miles
	11-20 miles
	21-40 miles
	Over 40 miles

By approximately how much have employee numbers at Q1.d changed in the past year?

Decreased more than 25%

Decreased 11 - 25%

Decreased 0 - 10%

Not changed

Increased 0 to 10%

Increased 11 - 25%

Increased more than 25%

Generally, what difficulties do you or your firm experience recruiting people? (Check all that apply)

No difficulty

Not enough applicants

Lack of required technical skills/aptitude

Lack of experience among applicants

Personal attributes of applicants

Poor access to the site by public transport

Competition with other firms

Other

	If other, please describe them briefly

9.	Approximately, how far away from Q1.d (in usual car travel time) are the following located? (Check one answer per row)
9.		Less than 10 minutes	10-30 minutes	31-60 minutes	Over 1 hour	Unknown
	Customers
	Suppliers
	Competitors

10.

What are your expectations for your business sector as a whole in the coming year?

Growth

No change

Decline

No view

11.

What are the reasons for your expectation? (Check all that apply)

The current recession

Changes in demand

Changes in technology

Lack of Government support

Increased costs

Other

	If other, please describe them briefly

12.

What is your expectation for your business at Q1.d in the coming year? (Check one answer only)

Expansion

No change

Contraction

Moving away

Closing down completely

No view

13.

What are the reasons for your expectation? (Check all that apply)

Competitive pressure

Demand

Land availability/cost

Workforce availability

Financial issues

Other

	If other, please describe them briefly

14.

How long has your business been at Q1.d?

More than 40 years

31 - 40 years

21 - 30 years

11 - 20 years

1 - 10 years

Less than 1 year

	If other, please describe them briefly

	If other, please describe them briefly

18.	What main types of goods do you move into and out of Q1.d?(Check all that apply)
18.		Inward	Outward
	Building supplies/timber/steel
	Bulk goods, paper
	Electrical/white goods
	Food and drink
	Furniture/furnishings/removals
	New/used vehicles/components
	Waste/by-products
	Other
	None

	If other, please describe them briefly

19.	Generally, what main means of transport are used to move goods into and out of Q1.d? (Check all that apply)
19.		Inward	Outward
	Air
	Rail
	Own road fleet
	Contracted road fleet
	Customers vehicles
	Suppliers vehicles

20.

Approximately, what is your annual budget for moving goods to and from Q1.d?

Less than £25,000

£25,000 - £50,000

£50,000 - £100,000

£100,000 - £500,000

£500,000 - £1,000,000

More than £1million

Not known

21.	How frequently do you experience some delay in moving goods to and from Q1.d? (Check one answer per column)
21.		Inward	Outward
	Daily
	Weekly
	Monthly
	Less than Monthly
	Never

22.	How serious are the consequences to your business of these delays in moving goods into and out of Q1.d? (Check one answer per column)
22.		Inward	Outward
	None/Slight
	Moderate
	Serious
	Very serious

23.	If known, what proportion of your employees travel to work by the following means? (Please check one answer per row)
23.		0-25%	26-50%	51-75%	76-100%
	Walk
	Cycle
	Bus
	Car/GV/motor bike/taxi
	Train & one of the above

	If other, please describe them briefly

25.	Approximately, how many trips do you or your employees make for business purposes from Q1.d in a typical week? (Check one answer per row)
25.		None	1-10 trips	11-20 trips	Over 20 trips
	Air
	Rail
	Road

26.	Generally, where are these business trips destined for? (Check all that apply)
26.		Within Yorkshire, the Humber or East Midlands	Rest of the country	Rest of the EU	Rest of the world
	Air
	Rail
	Road

27.	What, if any, difficulties do you or your staff experience with business travel to and from Q1.d?
27.		No difficulty	Some difficulties	Substantial difficulties
	Road congestion
	Long distances to destinations
	No/Poor public transport
	Other

	If other, please describe them briefly

28.

Do tourists access your site at Q1.d?

Yes

29.

How many tourists visit your site at Q1.d every year?

Less than 250

251-500

501-750

751-1000

1001-5000

Over 5000

30.	Approximately, what percentage of visitors arrive by each of the following means of transport?
30.		0-25%	26-50%	51-75%	76-100%
	Walk
	Cycle
	Bus
	Car/GV/motorbike/taxi
	Train & one of the above
	Air & one of the above

31.	Would you like to make any comments on any aspect of this questionnaire or on transport and logistics issues generally?

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Transport and Logistics Survey